Pauline Brockless (soprano)
John Birch (organ)
London Philharmonic Choir
(Chorus-Master, Frederic Jackson )
London Philharmonic Orchestra
(Led by Harold Parfitt )
Conductor,
Sir Adrian Boult
Part 1
Fugal Overture
Morning of the year Ave Maria
Assemble all ye maidens Egdon Heath
A group of programmes about their impact on the ancient world
3-The Coming of the Greeks by L. R. Palmer
Professor of Comparative Philology in the University of Oxford
(The recorded broadcast of April 7)
Part 2
Choral Fantasia Ode to Death
Fugal Concerto for flute, oboe, and strings
Ballet Music: The Perfect Fool
by W. W. Rostow
Professor of Economic History at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Professor Rostow considers the recent course of United States policy on aid to backward areas, and its appeal to American public opinion, in the light of President Eisenhower's proposal for an economic development fund.
A Berlin tragi-comedy by Gerhart Hauptmann
Translated and adapted for radio by Charlotte and A. L. Lloyd
Dubino THE INTERVAL (9.35-9.45 app.):
Richard Strauss
Love Scene (Feuersnot) played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt. on a gramophone record
Sny (Dreams)
Zanikle stesti (Happiness at an end): Utecha (Consolation); V Cechach (In Bohemia); Au salon; Pred hradem (The old castle); Ceske posviceni (Czech festival) played by Liza Fuchsova (piano)